What is the purpose of your life? What are your values? How do you determine who you are and what the right thing for you is? Technology can make our lives more complicated, but without a life philosophy, our lives can seem devoid of purpose. Even hopeless.

How can a life philosophy help frame your values and give you purpose and hope?

Join me and Sharik U Zama (IG: @sharik_zama777) as we discuss his personal life philosophy of stoicism, how life philosophies come about, and why everyone should pursue a life philosophy. We both come from separate lives and separate life philosophies, but still find similar benefits to having a life philosophy. Could you benefit from one too?

Do you feel like there are multiple versions of yourself? Maybe there is a version of you that you show to the outside world. And maybe there is also an inner version of you that you keep hidden. Which version is the authentic you? Or are both the authentic you? What are the similarities or differences between your different versions?

Join me and Serene Gao (IG: @serenedpt) as we discuss our inner and outer selves and how we can embrace our authentic chaos while being accepted by the people around us.

Have you ever had a belief so strong that you held it even in the face of other evidence? Have you ever wondered why some people seem to make consistent mistakes? The power in our beliefs is that they let us make quick decisions but at the cost of working invisibly to us. If we don’t question our perceptions and beliefs then it is easy to get caught up in narratives that shape our realities.

Join me (IG: @authentic.chaos) and Stephen Ritchie (IG: @powerofperspectivewithstephen), the host of the podcast Power of Perspective with Stephen Ritchie, as we talk about the power of perspective in our lives. We explore how perspective and beliefs root within us, why we might wish to change them, and how we can change them.

Dear Capitalism,

My how you have made life so much better for all of us! Privatizing the basics for survival is really the best way to support human life! Who needs guaranteed access to food, water, and shelter when we can instead pay for it! And who could forget the many efficiencies created by having layers of middle management to capture profits from labor so someone else can get rich off of someone’s hard work. That’s meritocracy for you! If you work hard enough, you can achieve anything! And if you can’t achieve your goals then really it means you have to work harder. Thank you capitalism for gradually turning social interactions into opportunities to network and expand our hustle. Because what are other people for besides opportunities to make more money?

Join me and Tessa Heeren (@tessa_heer) as we discuss various impacts that capitalism has had on our lives and our society in a cathartic creed to the system of economics and exploitation that we all know and love! 

Have you ever felt like you exist for a reason? Like there is some unseen purpose that you are meant to fulfill? Maybe a quest for God or knowledge fuels you? What happens if you never meet your purpose? Will you still be happy? Or is happiness even a priority in your life?

In a world with access to vast amounts of knowledge and connection, there is chaos. Chaos of the natural world and chaos of our own making. How do we find serenity in the chaos? How do we have our voices heard in the endless void of screams?

Join me and Yossi Katzin as we discuss what fulfillment and happiness mean to us, what we see as the purpose of our lives, and how we view connecting with ourselves and others.

Are you fulfilled in your life? If so, what do you think is providing your fulfillment? If not, then what would provide you fulfillment? These questions are important because they make choosing happiness every day easier.

Join me and Annie Warren (@annieandgriz on instagram) as we talk how we find fulfillment through adventure and community.

Have you found yourself trying to get more? More money, more space, more food, etc. But do you really need as much as you think? What is enough?

What is Enough? is a simple question with complex answers and even more complex implications. In a culture of constant consumerism, many live lives they don't enjoy to achieve some retirement goal in the future. But instead of living for the future, what would happen if we live for the present? What are the needs in your life and how much money do you really need to achieve those? Instead of thinking about how much more you could have, think about how much you need in order to choose happiness every day.

These are reflections on my own mindfulness journey and I hope the help you too. I talk more about this journey on "The Power of Perspective with Stephen Ritchie". Check it out on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2eVdDAuyx0o2CmT7DveFMK?si=0e1db635065b4ba7

Think about the last time you took on a new hobby, how did it feel to learn something new—to push your limits? What did you learn about yourself as part of the process? Can our hobbies and interests be more than just “keeping busy”? Can we learn deeper lessons about ourselves through our hobbies and how we push ourselves?

Join me and Stephen Ritchie (@stephenritchie45), a avid hobbiest with physically intense hobbies, as we discuss his journey of taking on new hobbies, such as rollerskating and even fire dancing, and how he learned more about himself in the process. 

Work culture these days can include positive aspects like seeing your coworkers as teammates, coffee runs, team lunches, and activities. Is this seemingly positive shift in work culture a reward to workers or a tool of control by our employers? Do we just work 40 hours a week or does work take up more of our mind than just the 9-5 hours? Why should the reward of retirement be at the end of our lives? Why do we use "productive" as an adjective for non work related things like weekend activities or relationships?

Join me and Shikhar Tiwari (IG: @its_sh1khar) as we discuss work culture, how this culture has been manufactured to be a tool of control, and the radical concept of choosing to not be productive.

Do you feel like you live in constant routines? Like nothing changes between days or weeks? Is this the life you are most happy with? Is there no other life for you?

Elle Mills (IG: elle.millsx) and I have had these questions for ourselves. We explore how we found ourselves at a crossroads in our life journeys and how we embraced the unknown to find our own happiness. How can you embrace uncertainty to find the life path that provides you the most happiness? Listen to our conversation for advice on how you can live life more intentionally and find the joy even in routine.